Simon Hjerrild

Yep, no kidding

Neurofeedback for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - PubMed Overall, neurofeedback did not appear to meaningfully benefit individuals with ADHD, clinically or neuropsychologically, at the group level. Future studies seeking to identify individuals with ADHD wh...

Neurofeedback most likely not effective in the treatment of ADHD:

“Conclusions and relevance: Overall, neurofeedback did not appear to meaningfully benefit individuals with ADHD, clinically or neuropsychologically, at the group level.”

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39661381/

Sometimes life is a cognitive aggression…

The Danish Medical Journal send all who served as peer reviewers a christmas present to thank them for their service during the year.

A lot of journals should learn from this.

👌 @ugeskriftet.bsky.social

I have experienced the system from within. Both as a patient, as a relative, and as a psychiatrist. It's not perfect. Diagnoses are not tokens of truth and they are not perfect. Drugs or psychotherapy are not always helpful and can both be harmful.

It is important to separate psychiatry (as a concept and knowledge system) from the psychiatric system, ie how health care systems allow psychiatry to be practised in real life.

The psychiatric health care system is not what defines psychiatry.

I acknowledge that people have been harmed, and I accept that the system is broken in many places around the world.

But this is rarely a "them and us" discussion. Many psychiatrists have or have had mental illness. Even more have relatives and friends with mental illness.

Being a psychiatrist engaging in public discussions on mental health and psychiatry can be a very constructive and positive experience.

But most of the time it's just ad hominems, vitriol, strawmen, threats. It's deeply frustrating an is preventing us from advancing.

What personality traits are associated with virtuous victimhood signalling?

While I have great sympathy for victims of abuse and neglect, sometimes a very active declaration of victimhood can be indicative of something else going on.

gwern.net/doc/psycholo...

I’m leaving for Lisbon 🇵🇹 but weatherwise Gran Canaria is close to perfect👌

Can totally relate. Just imagine having to work as a clinician-researcher. Every aspect of any project becomes a monumental task having to be done between patients or in the weekends. Burnout lurking around every corner…

Hippocampal volume and memory impairment after electroconvulsive therapy in patients with depression Objective Patients hesitate to consent to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) because of the fear of memory impairment. The mechanisms underlying this impairment are unclear, but several observations su...

Neuroimaging findings in humans did not find volume increases in the hippocampus to be due to swelling/oedema. The evidence is converging …

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Service coverage for major depressive disorder: estimated rates of minimally adequate treatment for 204 countries and territories in 2021 Despite many gaps in the available data, estimates show that, globally, most individuals with major depressive disorder do not receive MAT. Services must improve to reach a global coverage that better...

Only 9.1% of adults received minimally adequate treatment for depression worldwide. This is extremely concerning given the impact of depression on distress, daily functioning, and life quality.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...